1887 (16 Mar) cover with blue "Shanghai Local Post" departure postmark on back, franked on front with 3 Can red, cancelled (not tied) by oval chop, perf. faults, sent via the French Post Office in Shanghai, with 25c Type Sage added for further transmission to Gross Salze, with arrival postmark (24 Apr), wax seal removed from back, filing folds away from the stamps, some overall wear and toning, otherwise a fine and rare item, signed Roger...
Worldwide Stamps and Covers
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers
Welcome to our September 20-21, 2016 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. With 1,254 lots, this auction features properties of various owners and estates from all over the world, including the Passano collection of Latin and South America. There are solid selections of United States, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Europe with Austria, Belgium, France, Germany & Italy, with their respective Colonies, also Poland, Russia, Spain (including an original new issue holding from 1930s, with popular Columbus and Goya series in sheets), Sweden, Switzerland; also Asia, including a complete collection of PRC. As always, the sale contains 130+ large lots and collections, with individual country collections, worldwide accumulations in cartons, topicals and more. Browse the entire sale at www.cherrystoneauctions.com. A limited number of printed catalogues are available.
Please note that this four-session auction (at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. each day) takes place on Tuesday andWednesday, September 20-21 at our New York 57th Street Auction Galleries and on CherrystoneLive (www.cherrystoneauctions.com/live). Lots will be on view at our galleries on Monday, September 19th, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Other viewing times are available by appointment.
Sessions are scheduled as follows:
Lots 1 - 339, Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 10:00 AM - United States Stamps - Albania - China - Finland - France & Colonies - Germany & German Area
Lots 340 - 641, Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 1:00 PM - Great Britain - British Commonwealth
Lots 642 - 924, Wednesday, September 21, 20016 - 10:00 AM - Greece - Italy - Japan – Poland - Romania
Lots 925 - 1254, Wednesday, September 21, 2016 - 1:00 PM - Russia - Spain - Switzerland - Large Lots and Collections
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Lot #109 - China
1897 4c on 3c Red Revenue, Large Numeral, well centered, h.r., v.f., -
Cat. Val. $1,650
Lot #110 - China
1898 Chinese Imperial Post, 1/2c-$5 complete set, with additional shade of 5c, few low values n.h., fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $2,231
Lot #111 - China
1900 Chinese Imperial Post, 1/2c-$5, complete (missing 6c orange) set, h.r., $5 with irregular perforations, otherwise fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $1,408
Lot #112 - China
1900 Chinese Imperial Post, 1/2c-$5, complete set, with few additional shades, three high values n.h., first two dried gum, fine-v.f. (catalogued as hinged) -
Cat. Val. $1,361
Lot #113 - China
1909 Issues of the Republic, 1/2c-$5, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $1,467
Lot #114 - China
1909 Issues of the Republic, 1/2c-$5, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $1,861
Lot #115 - China
1919 Peking summer palace postcard sent from Wan Schow Sze to Austria, censored showing bilingual framed handstamp "Correspondence des / prisoners de Guerre" alongside three line Dutch Red Cross from Den Haag (type 2) red handstamp and Gravenhage transit machine cancellation
Lot #116 - China
1950 Flying Geese Surcharges, $10-$20, set of five, with additional $1 and $2 settings, unused without gum as issued, never hinged, fresh and v.f., -
Cat. Val. $13,970
Lot #117 - China
1951 Flying Geese Surcharges, $5-$50, set of four, without gum as issued, never hinged, fresh and v.f., -
Cat. Val. $2,885
Lot #118 - China
1952 Flying Geese Surcharges, $10-$50, set of three, unused without gum as issued, l.h., v.f., -
Cat. Val. $3,150
Lot #119 - China
1986 $2 Macaw, 300 copies (three sheets of 100), n.h., folded between the stamps, v.f., -
Cat. Val. $420
Lot #120 - China revenue stamps
1910 "Imperial Chinese Post" (design similar to U.S. 1c Louisiana Purchase), American Bank Note Company India proof die sunk on card (120x120mm), total of seven designs in lake color, all are foreign countries or "International Postage", several designs are recognizable such as U.S. 1883 2c labeled "International Postage" with value expressed in Brazilian "Reis", and a frame with "PERU" label of an 1899 Cuban stamp and frame of a 100r...
Lot #123 - China prc
1963 Butterflies, complete set, unused without gum (few l.h., mostly n.h.), fine-v.f.
Lot #124 - China prc
1978 Horses, complete set and souvenir sheet, n.h., v.f.
Lot #126 - China PRC East China Parcel Post
1950 Surcharges, set of four, without gum as issued (n.h.), fine-v.f.
Lot #127 - China PRC South China
1949 Surcharges, complete set, with three additional handstamp values, without gum as issued (n.h.), two stamps with faint stains, still fine-v.f.
Lot #128 - China PRC Southwest China
1949 Surcharges, set of five in horizontal pairs, without gum as issued (n.h.), one stamp with faint toned spot, still fine-v.f.
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